Evidence for the intrinsic toxicity of H2S to sulphate-reducing bacteria

✍ Scribed by M. A. M. Reis; P. C. Lemos; J. S. Almeida; M. J. T. Carrondo

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 276 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1432-0614
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00164716

✦ Synopsis

A s u l p h a t e -r e d u c i n g culture of the genus Desulfovibrio was directly inhibited by the h y d r o g e n sulp h i d e (H2S) p r o d u c e d . Batch e x p e r i m e n t s carried out at p H 6.2 a n d 6.6 show that c o m p l e t e i n h i b i t i o n is achieved for a l m o s t the same H2S c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f app r o x i m a t e l y 550 m g / l .